Taxation Without Representation in Contemporary Rural China

Klappentext Provides the first! in-depth English study of the tax burden problems farmers face in China. Zusammenfassung This book provides the first! in-depth English study of the problem of aggressive taxation by local governments in China and explains how this has played a large role in the development gap between urban and rural areas and in the disaffection of a large proportion of the population in rural China. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Peasants and taxation in historical perspective; 3. Extracting funds from the peasants; 4. Institutional sources of informal tax burdens; 5. Burdens and resistance: peasant collective action; 6. Containing burdens: change and persistence; 7. Burden reduction: village democratization and farmer national interest representation; 8. Conclusions.

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• Authors: Thomas P. Bernstein, Thomas P. (Columbia University Bernstein, Thomas P. Lu Bernstein, Bernstein Thomas P., Xiaobo L, Xiaobo Lu, Xiaobo Lü
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2008
• EAN: 9780521082891
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08289-1
• No. of pages: 308
• Series: Cambridge Modern China; Cambridge Modern China Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Asia, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Development Studies, Public finance and taxation